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ORDINANCE NO. 03 - oge
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF
BOYNTON BEACH, AMENDING CHAPTER
21, ARTICLE III, SECTION 6.D. OF THE
LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS OF
THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, TO
REMOVE THE REGULATIONS
PERTAINING TO POSTING TEMPORARY
POLITICAL SIGNS ON PRIVATE
PROPERTY; PROVIDING FOR
CODIFICATION; PROVIDING FOR
CONFLICTS; PROVIDING FOR
SEVERABILITY, AND PROVIDING FOR AN
EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS, the City administration has been in the process of a review of the
rovisions of the City's Sign Code and has made recommendations based upon
dministrative considerations, emerging trends, aesthetic concerns, and legal guidelines;
WHEREAS, the City Commission has determined that it is in the best interest of
he community to amend provisions of the Sign Code to facilitate enforcement,
dministration, and to comply with legal guidelines; and
WHEREAS, the amendments hereinafter set forth will facilitate the
dministration of the City's regulation of signs in a manner which balances aesthetic
oncerns, commercial needs, and existing property and constitutional rights.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION
F THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA:
Section 1.
That the foregoing "WHEREAS" clauses are true and correct and
ereby ratified and confirmed by the City Commission.
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Section 2.
That Chapter 21, "Signs," Article III, "Special Conditions," of the
Development Regulations, Part III of the Code of Ordinances of the City of
oynton Beach, be, and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 6.
Special Signs
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D. Temporary political signs may be posted on
private property within the city during the
period preceding any local, state, or national
election, with the consent of the property
owner. Political circulars and handbills may
be distributed '.vithin the City during the
same period. Candidates or parties desiring
to post such signs shall file v/ith the city
Clerk u notice of intention, to post same
prior to the posting of any such sign. No fee
shall be required in connection with the
posting of temporary political signs.
Political circulars and handbills may be
distributed '.vithin the city during the same
period. }JI politieal signs must comply with
the structural and setback requirements of
this Code. All political signs must comply
with Part III LDR Chapter 2. Zoning.
Section 4(E) Visual Obstructions.
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Section 3.
All pnor ordinances or resolutions or parts thereof in conflict
erewith are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict.
Section 4.
If any section, sentence, clause, or phrase of this Ordinance is held to
e invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, then said holding shall
in no way affect the validity of the remaining portions ofthis Ordinance.
Section 5.
It is the intention of the City Commission of the City of Boynton
Beach, Florida, that the provisions of this Ordinance shall become and be made a part of
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~he City of Boynton Beach Code of Ordinances; and that the sections of this ordinance
bay be renumbered or relettered and the word "ordinance" may be changed to "section,"
'article," or such other appropriate word or phrase in order to accomplish such intentions.
Section 6. This Ordinance shall become effective upon adoption by the City
ommlsslon.
FIRST READING this ~ day of A~U.5T, 2003.
SECOND, FINAL READING AND PASSAGE this tq day of~, 2003.
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Section 4. General provisions.
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A. ONE PRINCIPAL BUILDING PER LOT. Within single-family residential districts only one
(1) principal building and its accessory building shall occupy or be constructed upon any lot or lots or
portions of lots that may be combined to meet the size required for each district.
B. ACCESSORY BUILDINGS. Accessory buildings in residential districts shall be constructed to
conform with the minimum building and site regulations that are generally applicable in the district
where the building is to be located, provided, however:
1. All accessory buildings shall be located only in the side or rear yard at least twelve (12) feet
from the principal building; and
2. Detached storage structures of any type construction not exceeding one hundred (100) square
feet in floor area and seven (7) feet in height may be erected to a point at least three (3) feet from the
side property line and/or at least three (3) feet from the rear property line providing no easement rights
are abridged.
C. BUILDING FRONT AGE. Every principal building shall be located on a lot or a publicly
dedicated, accepted and maintained street or private street which conforms to accepted street standards
of this city.
D. THROUGH LOTS (DOUBLE FRONTAGE). On through lots, the required front yard shall be
provided on each street.
E. VISUAL OBSTRUCTIONS. No fence, sign, planting, hedge, shrubbery, wall or other visual
obstruction shall be created or maintained with a height greater than two feet six inches above the street
level, within twenty-five (25) feet of the intersection of the right-of-way lines of two (2) streets, in any
zone, except that open chain-link type fences may be a maximum of four (4) feet and kept visually clear.
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